Realising waveforms

today introduced the industry's only arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) that simultaneously delivers 1.25 GS/s and 10 bits of vertical resolution for emerging communication systems, such as ultrawideband (UWB), multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radios, and advanced DSL.

Specifically for UWB, the Agilent N6031A arbitrary waveform generator enables digital-signal-processing (DSP) and systems engineers who design advanced wideband systems to rapidly create realistic Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) UWB signals compliant with the Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA) proposal.

"The Agilent N6031A provides less than three percent EVM error, enabling engineers to easily realise low-distortion, high-resolution UWB waveforms at a lower cost than the industry-leading N6030A," said Pat Byrne, president of Agilent's Electronic Products and Solutions Group. "With this new AWG, Agilent now offers solutions for every stage in the UWB design process, from signal creation to baseband realisation and up-conversion, to capture and signal analysis."

The newly enhanced advanced sequencer capability for both the Agilent N6030A and N6031A is said to extend the effective size of the on-board memory of both AWGs by compressing the total memory required for repetitive waveforms. This means only the unique portions of the waveform need to be saved in memory. Once saved, loops and repeats define how waveforms or groups of waveforms are played out of the AWG.